Brokeback Werewolves…Yes I Went There

Last in the Alpha and Omega series to date, and compared to the rest of the series the title doesn’t really have a resonance with the rest of the story.

Dead Heat implies horse racing or racing in general where the final participants are racing neck in neck and you’re not really sure who would win. And while there are horses in this story, they’re all showhorses and there is nothing to do with racing throughout the whole book.

But aside from that it was pretty good. Charles finally introduces Anna to some friends of his, all mortal, one dying of cancer with a werewolf father who demands that his son be turned, even against his will. Throw into the mix missing children with magical constructs left in their place while the fae responsible for their kidnapping -who was deliberately set loose by the Grey Lords- feed upon them, WITH Charles and Anna arguing about having children, and Dead Heat is anything but boring.

Really looking forward to how the series continues since war has essentially been declared between humans and fae and now the fae are letting the last of their big bad nasties run amok.

But for now we’re left waiting and wanting and trying new things lol. Here’s to Jacqueline Carey’s Godslayer duology with Banewreaker next.

Once upon a time, the Seven Shapers dwelled in accord and Shaped the world to their will. But Satoris, the youngest among them, was deemed too generous in his gifts to the race of Men, and so began the Shapers’ War, which Sundered the world. Now six of the Shapers lay to one end of a vast ocean, and Satoris to the other, reviled by even the race of Men.

Satoris sits in his Darkhaven, surrounded by his allies. Chief among them is Tanaros Blacksword, immortal Commander General of his army. Once a mortal man who was betrayed by King and Wife, Tanaros fled to Darkhaven a thousand years ago, and in Satoris’s service has redeemed his honor-but left his humanity behind.

Now there is a new prophecy that tells of Satoris’s destruction and the redemption of the world. To thwart it, Satoris sends Tanaros to capture the Lady of the Ellylon, the beautiful Cerelinde, to prevent her alliance with the last High King of Men.

But Tanaros discovers that not all of his heart has been lost–his feelings for Cerelinde could doom Satoris, but save the race of Men…